Grieb said he has notified CAL FIRE, Hornbrook Elementary School and the agriculture inspection station. When the deadline arrives, he will fill the wells and tanks to capacity and then lock the doors.

The district has two wells: one with a 78,000 gallon capacity and another with 118,000 gallons. Grieb said he cannot provide a definitive timeline for when the wells will run dry, pointing out variables such as weather and usage. Additionally, he has never run the wells dry before, so he lacks a precedent for such an event.

However, Grieb noted the election date set by the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors is too far away for what the plant can provide in terms of safe water.

“My primary concern right now is the community’s health and the safety of the water up to Nov. 1,” Grieb said.

At the board of supervisor’s Oct 8 meeting, Kimberly Olsen approached the board during the presentations from the public to ask the board to reconsider the election process and appoint members of the community. The election is currently set for Jan. 28, 2014, and will be done by mail.

Supervisor Ed Valenzuela said the reason the supervisors chose the election route was “to allow the people to decide because it’s their own governance issue.”

“I know from my perspective, we’ve been down this path many times, and it seems like we’re having recurring issues,” Valenzuela said. “We share the same concerns with the school. We’re not oblivious to that.”

Supervisor Michael Kobseff asked the Hornbrook district to bring four new names before the board to give the supervisors “more latitude to represent the whole community and get past the conflict.” He said the board had already chosen not to appoint the names presented to them so far.

“If the goal is to get the board into a place of working long term, I think the community should step up and give us four new names,” Kobseff said.

Olsen said she was unsure if four new names would come up.

“It is going to take knowledge of the issues that have come forward to deal with this,” Olsen said, adding she was worried it would go back to “the same old mess” if those appointed lacked that knowledge.

Page 2 of 2 - Without an agenda item to act upon, the board agreed to consider appointing directors with a future agenda item.

“I would ask that we get the community and everyone aware that this is their last opportunity to put their name in the hat,” Valenzuela said. “Because it is up to the community to come through.”

The Hornbrook Community Services District has been without any directors since Sept. 9.